Three years after the late night vote, the controversial earmark has led to a state investigation into potential embezzlement ...

With another chance to bring home the political bacon, ... Many Republicans, who had led the way in exposing earmark corruption 20 years ago and banned them all of last decade, ...

Gov. Henry McMaster will have additional oversight over South Carolina's budget process after the eliminating of budget ...

A lawyer for the MEDC said the agency has cooperated with a state investigation. A lawyer for the Attorney General’s office ...

Some projects snuck through — an average of $7.6 billion per year, according to estimates from Citizens Against Government Waste — but earmark spending decreased by 61% in the 11 fiscal years ...

Rep. Tom Cole seeks to limit earmark-driven political headaches Republicans opposed Democratic-backed projects in recent bills related to the LGBTQ community and abortion access ...

Confusion reigned Wednesday after an earmark for a Philadelphia LGBTQ center was pulled from a spending bill making its way through Congress. Democratic Pennsylvania Sens. John Fetterman and Bob Ca… ...

Earmark spending is emblematic of each of these problems. Earmarks Often Go to Special Interest Groups. Lobbying activity and related corruption scandals were a significant factor behind the ...

Politics House Speaker slammed for ‘stealth amendment’ funding $25 million parking garage in his hometown House Speaker Ron Mariano’s earmark for a parking garage made up $25 million of a ...

Another earmark in the House spending bills would direct $1 million toward the nonprofit group After the Storm, which has been working to help victims recover from the June 2021 storms in Metro ...

Utah lawmakers are set to put a change to the constitutional earmark for education funding on the 2024 ballot. Negotiations with educators over boosting education funding will continue.

It’s earmark season, and even archconservatives in Congress want in. Republicans had blocked $16 billion of spending on pet projects in the current fiscal year, but they are ready to seek them ...